Sunday, June 29, 2025, 1:00 PM
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York
New England Symphonic Ensemble

GWYNETH WALKER Songs for Women’s Voices
GWYNETH WALKER The Tree of Peace
Kathleen R. Hansen, Conductor

Participating Choruses:
San Diego Women's Chorus, San Diego, CA (Kathleen R. Hansen, Director)
Saint Dominic Academy Glee Club, Jersey City, NJ (Joseph Napoli, Director)

JAKE RUNESTAD Into the Light
Matthew J. Packer, Conductor

MORTEN LAURIDSEN Lux Aeterna
Michael Martin, Conductor

Participating Choruses:
Cross Creek Chorale, Fayetteville, NC (Michael Martin, Director)
Cumberland Choral Arts, Fayetteville, NC (Michael Martin, Director)
PhilHarmonia, Philadelphia, PA (Mitos Andaya Hart, Director)
UniSong Chorale, MI, (Matthew Packer, Conductor)

Ensemble Spotlight Series
Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestras

30th Anniversary Tour to Carnegie
BEETHOVEN Overture to Fidelio, Op. 72c
ROBERT SHELDON Danzas Cubanas
OCCIDE JEANTY La Delaissee et ses Soupires
MICHEAL RIHNER Festive Overture (WORLD PREMIERE)
ARR. BILL HOLCOMBE Internationale Dixieland Jambooree
Jean Montes, Conductor

Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra, New Orleans, LA (Jean Montes, Director)

Sunday, June 29, 2025, 8:30 PM
Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York
New England Symphonic Ensemble

SHERRY BLEVINS Tipping Point: A Choral Suite on Climate Change (NEW YORK PREMIERE)
Chessa Metz, Soprano
Megan Gillespie, Mezzo-soprano
Sherry Blevins, Conductor
Jeremiah Selvey, Assistant Conductor

ELAINE HAGENBERG Illuminare
Victor Starsky, Tenor
Clement Cano, Conductor

Participating Choruses:
Cantabella Children’s Chorus, Pleasanton, CA (Clement Cano, Director)
St. Justin’s Choir, Santa Clara, CA (Lillian Kwiatkowski, Director)
Hillbrook School Choir, San Jose, CA (Clement Cano, Director)
Durham Community Chorale, Durham, NC (Melody Zentner, Director)
Evergreen Chorale, Evergreen, CO (Christine Gaudreau, Director)
Lilly Chorus, Indianapolis, IN (Ruth Dwyer, Director)
The Lighthouse Ensemble of West Vancouver Schools, West Vancouver, BC, Canada (Suzanne Fulton, Director)
Selvey Studios Ensemble, Santa Monica, CA (Jeremiah Selvey, Director)
Wellshire Sanctuary Choir, Denver, CO (Christine Gaudreau, Director)

MOZART Requiem in D minor, K.626
completed and edited by Robert D. Levin
Zhanna Alkhazova, Soprano
Sishel Claverie, Mezzo-soprano
Victor Starsky, Tenor
Brandon Coleman, Bass
Laurier Fagnan, Conductor

Participating Choruses:
ArteLab, Versailles, France (Maïlys Pascault and David Sotiropoulos, Co-Directors)
Chœur classique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec - Canada (Louis Lavigueur, Director)
Choeur de la Colline, Ville de Québec, Canada (Catherine-Élisabeth Loiselle, Director)(Sponsor: Hôtel Château Laurier Québec)
Chorale Saint-Jean, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Laurier Fagnan, Director)
Harmonia Choir of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Kurt Ala-Kantti, Director)
San Diego Children's Choir's Premier and Chamber Choirs, San Diego, CA (Ruthie Millgard, Director)